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674 Walnutt Tree within three or four Yards of which stands a bounded Spanish Oake near or by the side of Piscattaway Creek and did declare that the said Dead Walnutt was the Tree at which him the Depon.t formerly began the Survey of a Tract of Land for M.r W.m Hatton Called Rich Hills and is also the Tree at which he begann the Survey of that part of M.r John Gardiner Containing 327 Acres and then carrying us away North West into the Woods about thirty Perches to a Large bounded Walnutt did also declare that he saw made that Large bounded Walnutt the Second bounds of the afd part of Warberton mannor And alsoe that Robert Middleton did about Twenty years since shew him the said Deponent the said Walnutt & told him y.t he the said Middleton was shewed it by an overseer of old Cap.t Gardiners Who him the said Gardiner himself showed it to Telling him the said overseer it was the second and South East most bounded Tree of the said Warberton mannor & further the Said Hutchinson saith not Sworne and Examined before us the day and year above written Tho Addison Hickford Lanan Anthony Smiths Deposition a bout a Tract of Land called Pagett Ann Arundell County fs The Deposition of John Christian aged about 49 years taken this 18.th day of October 1710 Your Dep.o Saith that about 23 years past there happned a Difference between John Trundle & John Trundle Syvick both of the above said County decd Concerning the bounds of their Lands the Deponent saith that they Mett at a Certain place called the Lower Landing place and there between a Locust Stump and a Read Oake Saplinn standing neer the Said Landing the said Trundle and Syvick did agree to put a post or plant a pare Tree w.ch should be the Corner tree between them y.e Deponant standing at a Certain place about 5 strides from the said sapling and to the Northward of y.e said saplin the Depon.t further saith that John Syvick Dyed about a Month after y.e said Agreem.t which was y.e Reason it was not done before us Rich.d Jones (S) Josias Tangoode Signum John I Christian |
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